dog-on

Would she be worried about some dog-on uncounted American votes, THEN!?

Awaiting one county 2008

There's no reason to do it because it's the same every dog-on (ph) day but it happen and we -- thank you, Ali from this forward.

CNN Transcript Nov 14, 2007 2007

If only the hateful laws did not forbid the exchange -- dog-on 'em, anyway!

We Can't Have Everything Rupert Hughes 1914

He had it in mind to say a great many other things, in the way of appreciation, thanks, enthusiasms, but all he said was "dog-on you, old man, dog-on you," gripping Piney's hand as he said it.

Sally of Missouri 1905

That's his dog-on way, anyhow -- wants to dictate.

Sally of Missouri 1905

I never knowed but one gal in my life as had ciphered into fractions, and she was so dog-on stuck up that she turned up her nose one night at a apple-peelin 'bekase I tuck a sheet off the bed to splice out the tablecloth, which was ruther short.

The Wit and Humor of America, Volume I. (of X.) Various 1887

But Mr. Barrie uses the same form apparently for “dog-on it” in the following passage:

The Hoosier Schoolmaster Eggleston, Edward, 1837-1902 1871

Dogged is apparently a corruption of dog-on in the phrase “I'll be dogged.”

The Hoosier Schoolmaster Eggleston, Edward, 1837-1902 1871

It is of course a question whether the noun dogon and its French antecedents are connected with the American verb dog-on.

The Hoosier Schoolmaster Eggleston, Edward, 1837-1902 1871

I never knowed but one gal in my life as had ciphered into fractions, and she was so dog-on stuck up that she turned up her nose one night at a apple-peelin 'bekase I tuck a sheet off the bed to splice out the table-cloth, which was rather short.

The Hoosier Schoolmaster Eggleston, Edward, 1837-1902 1871